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§ 6-11 H AWAI‘I C OUNTY C ODE <br />Section 6-11. Authority to restrict. <br />(a) The council may by ordinance prohibit commercial bicycle tours on designated <br />portions of public highways due to substandard road conditions. <br />(b) Prior to taking final action on any such ordinance, the council shall request the <br />respective recommendations of the chief of police, the director of public works, and <br />other public officials deemed appropriate as to whether the operation of commercial <br />bicycle tours on the affected highways, or portions thereof, should be prohibited. <br />The chief of police and director of public works shall provide their respective <br />recommendation within forty-five days of the request by the council. <br />(c) With respect to any prohibition considered by the council, conditions considered <br />substandard for non-vehicle use may include unpaved gravel road surfaces, narrow <br />travel-lane pavement widths, lack of or insufficient shoulder areas, limited lines of <br />sight, one-lane bridges, steep roadway grades, and any other condition deemed <br />unsafe by the director of public works. <br />(2024, ord 24-51, sec 2.)6-11 <br />Section 6-12. \[Former\] Repealed. <br />(1983 CC, c 6, art 2, sec 6-12; rep 2023, ord 23-29, sec 1.)6-12 <br />Section 6-12. Prohibited highways for commercial bicycle tours. <br />In accordance with section 6-11 and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, <br />commercial bicycle tours shall not operate on the following public highways: <br /> <br /> <br />in Honoka‘a to 46- <br />water supply water tank. <br />(b) North Hilo <br />(c) South Hilo <br /> <br />(e) Kohala <br />Akoni Pule Highway, from the twenty-five mile marker to its terminus <br />Kohala Mountain Road, from the junction with Route 250 and Route 19, <br /> <br />(f) Kona <br />(g) Puna <br />(2024, ord 24-51, sec 2; ord 24-98, sec 1; am 2025, ord 25-35, sec 1.)6-12 <br /> <br />SUPP. 18 (7-2025) <br />6-2.2 <br /> <br />